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%%* ''Franchise/SlyCooper'':

%%** The [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves third game]] has [=McSweeney=], former BigGuy of Mr. Cooper's (Sly's father) gang.

* Strangely handled in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. House Manderly has a resemblance to walruses as their motif, except it's not as spelled out as for some other houses. Their male house members tend to resemble walruses, the names they give their children tend to start with W, and the head of their house displays pretty much all the traits accounted for in the Trope description, except he takes a while to truly grow into / display his (oddly enough, heroic) FatBastard side. One gets the impression that the trope being full at work flies over the head of other characters in-universe, specifically because most people who interact with Manderley's don't seem to be familiar enough with walruses to be able to spell it out for themselves. This goes so far that their house sigil doesn't display a Walrus, as it most certainly would as they resemble them more than most other houses resemble their animal motif, but a "merman" instead - and focaide (seals, walruses and such) were the real-life inspiration for tales of merfolk in the first place.

* Strangely handled in A Song of Ice and Fire. House Manderly has resemblance to Walruses as their motiff, except it's not as spelled out as for some other houses. Their male house members tend to resemble walruses, the names they give their children tend to start with W, and the head of their house displays pretty much all the traits accounted for in the Trope description, except he takes a while to truly grow into / display his (oddly enough, heroic) Fat Bastard side. One gets the impression that the trope being full at work flies over the head of other characters in-universe, specifically because most people who interact with Manderley's don't seem to be familiar enough with walruses to be able to spell it out for themselves. This goes so far that their house sigil doesn't display a Walrus, as it most certainly would as they resemble them more than most other houses resemble their animal motiff, but a "merman" instead - and focaide (seals, walruses and such) were the real-life inspiration for tales of merfolk in the first place.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': SCP-2424 is a missile-shooting walrus who [[RefugeeFromTVLand is a boss from a video game transported into the real world]].

* Bernardo, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/HighSeasHavoc'' is an evil {{pirate}} captain walrus who plans to steal the mysterious gemstone [[ArtifactOfDoom Emeralda]] and [[DamselInDistress kidnaps the protagonist's girlfriend]]. He initially appears as the first boss, and doesn't have much in the way of attacks, aside from swinging his cutlass. For most of the game after that, he lets his crew of FunnyAnimal pirates [[OrcusOnHisThrone fight you instead]]. However, he reappears as the FinalBoss, having TookALevelInBadass. He uses Emeralda to give him magical powers, and puts up one hell of a fight. It's worth noting that he seems to be an {{Expy}} of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]], not only because he kidnapped the hero's girlfriend, but because he's [[EvilIsBigger big]]. [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife colorful]], and he's got some BigOlEyebrows!

Unrelated to TheWalrusWasPaul. Not to be confused with WickedWeasel. Has nothing to do with a team-up between Doctors [[Franchise/MegaMan Wily]] and [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]]. (Although this ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide has]]'' happened before.)

Unrelated to TheWalrusWasPaul. Not to be confused with WickedWeasel. Has nothing to do with a team-up between Doctors [[Franchise/MegaMan Wily]] and [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]]. (Although this ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide has]]'' happened.

Unrelated to TheWalrusWasPaul. Not to be confused with WickedWeasel. Has nothing to do with a team-up between Doctors [[Franchise/MegaMan Wily]] and [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]]. (Although this ''[[ComicBook/SonicMegaManWorldsCollide has]]'' happened.

Unrelated to TheWalrusWasPaul. Not to be confused with WickedWeasel. Has nothing to do with a team-up between Doctors [[Franchise/MegaMan Wily]] and [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]].

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Unrelated to TheWalrusWasPaul. Not to be confused with WickedWeasel.

* ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'':
** Most of the {{Mooks}} of the first "world" were those.
** The [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves third game]] has [=McSweeney=], former BigGuy of Mr. Cooper's (Sly's father) gang.

* ''WebOriginal/LOLCats'':Zig-zagged with Lolrus, simply because his personality and appearance vary DependingOnTheWriter. In the original picture, he was portrayed as a lovable [[InformedSpecies elephant seal]] obsessed with his favorite bucket (or as he calls it, "bukkit"). Whether or not a Lolrus picture is of an actual walrus, the character is still usually portrayed as a benevolent creature looking for bukkits. Others play this trope straight by presenting Lolrus as violent and demanding.

** The [[VideoGame/SlyCooperHonorAmongThieves third game]] has [=McSweeney=], former BigGuy of Mr. Cooper's (Sly's father) gang.

* Zig-zagged with the [[http://www.knowyourmeme.com/memes/lolrus Lolrus]] meme, simply because his personality and appearance vary DependingOnTheWriter. In the original picture, he was portrayed as a lovable [[InformedSpecies elephant seal]] obsessed with his favorite bucket (or as he calls it, "bukkit"). Whether or not a Lolrus picture is of an actual walrus, the character is still usually portrayed as a benevolent creature looking for bukkits. Others play this trope straight by presenting Lolrus as violent and demanding.

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* Downplayed in the story "The White Seal" from ''Literature/TheJungleBook'', which features an elderly, grumpy walrus called Sea Vitch who reluctantly gives some useful advice to the titular protagonist.
* TropeCodifier: The Walrus from ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'''s poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" manipulates a group of oysters into following him so he can eat them. In [[Disney/AliceInWonderland Disney's adaptation]], he's even ''worse''. See [[AC:Film - Animated]] above.

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* Subverted in ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'', where walruses are apparently viewed as wicked, malicious creatures - most likely because of the walrus from "The Walrus and the Carpenter" - and thus everyone is appalled when Alice befriends a nice, polite walrus. Whether that walrus was an outlier in Wonderland is unrevealed.

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* Zig-zagged with the [[http://www.knowyourmeme.com/memes/lolrus Lolrus]] meme, simply because his personality and appearance vary DependingOnTheWriter. In the original picture, he was portrayed as a lovable [[InformedSpecies elephant seal]] obsessed with his favorite bucket (or as he calls it, "bukkit.") Whether or not a Lolrus picture is of an actual walrus, the character is still usually portrayed as a benevolent creature looking for bukkits. Others play this trope straight by presenting Lolrus as violent and demanding.

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Villainous walruses are a popular version, combining BaldOfEvil, FangsAreEvil, GoodHairEvilHair, and FatBastard into one ObviouslyEvil package. This portrayal finds further fuel in the fact that [[PredatorsAreMean they're predators]] who feast on all sorts of animals, from fish, to molluscs (such as clams and squid), to crustaceans (such as crabs). They hunt in the murky depths of the ocean, in waters [[EvilIsNotWellLit dark]] and [[EvilIsDeathlyCold cold]]. They also eat large amounts of food, making them seem like {{Villainous Glutton}}s. The TropeCodifier for the villainous variety is the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" from ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'', featuring a sneaky, gluttonous walrus luring innocent oysters to their doom (and ripping off his partner-in-crime in the process). He has been the inspiration for many a Wily Walrus.

Villainous walruses are a popular version, combining BaldOfEvil, FangsAreEvil, GoodHairEvilHair, and FatBastard into one ObviouslyEvil package. This portrayal finds further fuel in the fact that [[PredatorsAreMean they're predators]] who feast on all sorts of animals, from fish, to molluscs (such as clams and squid), to crustaceans (such as crabs). They hunt in the murky depths of the ocean, in waters [[EvilIsNotWellLit dark]] and [[EvilIsDeathlyCold cold]]. They also eat large amounts of food, making them seem like {{Villainous Glutton}}s. The TropeCodifier for the villainous variety is the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" from ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'', featuring a sneaky, gluttonous walrus luring innocent oysters to their doom. He has been the inspiration for many a Wily Walrus.

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+ ScaryAnimalsIndex
+ HighFatIndex (under the "Characters" subheading)
+ AddedAlliterativeAppeal
+ AquaticAnimalTropes